Refrigerator construction



V. P. WARREN Feb. 28, 1 9331.

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Z ,P Warzren Patented Feb. 28, 1933 UNITED STATES VIRGIL 1. WARREN, OFATLANTA, GEORGIA REFRIGERATOR CONSTRUCTION Application filed December26, 1928. Serial No. 328,468.

The invention forming the subject matter.

of this application is a store fixture of the refrigerator type, adaptedtov facilitate the storage and dispensing of perishable articles. Themain object of the invention is to provide a refrigerator constructionin which the goods to be dispensed therefrom may be withdrawn from'therefrigerator merely by opening the door thereof.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide a construction of thistype in which the opening of the door not only withdraws the article tobe dispensed, but also operates an inner closure plate which closes theopening when the door is opened to its limit.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shelf, for the articleto be dispensed, between the closure plate and door, so that the articleto be dispensed may be moved into and out of the refrigerator asdesired.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent as the detaileddescription thereof proceeds.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a part of a refrigerator embodying thisinvention;

Figure 2 is a perspective of a modified form of the invention shown inFigure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective of a detail of construction of the form of theinvention shown in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view of an article supporting structureforming part of the invention shown in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the parts shown in Figure 4, butmoved to a different position;

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Figure 5 and withparts broken away to show details of construction; and

Flgure 8 is a perspective view of one of the details of constructionshown in Figure 5.

Referring to Figure 1, there is shown part of a refrigerator 1, having adoor 2 hinged to the front thereof to' close an opening 3 leading to acompartment 4 in the refrigerator. (See Figures 4 and 5.)

The side wall 5 of the refrigerator is provided with lugs 6, 7 and 8,(see Figure 6) extending from a plate 9 which is suitably secured on theinside of the side wall 5. The plate 9 extends substantially the wholelength of the opening 3 and has pivoted thereto the hinge elements 10,1'1, 12 and 13, which are suitably secured to the back of a closureplate 14 of a size to completely close the opening 3 when swung intoclosing position.

The side wall 5 and the opposite side wall 15 of the compartment 4 areprovided with beads 16 and 17 which form stops for the striking andhinged edges of the closure plate 14. The top and bottom edges of theclosure plate 14 strike against the top member 18 and bottom member 19of the framework forming the refrigerator opening 3. The constructionjust described is such that when the closure plate 14 is in the positionshown in Figure 5, the outside air is completely excluded from thechilled air in the refrigerator.

Near the lower edge of the front face of the closure plate 14, a shelf20 is suitably secured at right angles to the closure plate. This shelf20 is quadrant-shaped and of a radius substantially equal to the widthof the door opening 3. A slotted bracket 21 is mounted on top of theshelf 20 near the straight edge thereof remote from the closure plate14. The bracket 21 comprises foot plates 22 and 23 connected to oppositeends of a centrally raised part 24 which is provided with a'slot 25adapted to receive slidably a pin 26 formed on the end of a bracket 27which is fixed to the inner face of the door 2 near the loweredge-thereof. A plate 28 is formed integral with the bracket 27 and isprovided with apertures 29 and 30 adapted to receive screws or bolts forsecuring the bracket to the inner face of door 2.

It will be apparent from Figures 4 and 5, that when the outer door isclosed, the pin 5 26 sliding in the slot 25 causes the closure plate 14and shelf 20 to be supported wholly within the compartment 4. When thedoor 2 is opened, as shown in Figure 5, the pin 26 engaging the bracket21 holds the shelf 20 outside of the refrigerator and at the same timeholds the closure plate 14 against the beads 16 and 17 and prevents theouter air from entering the refrigerator compartment 4. l5

erably arranged on the shelf 20 and door 2 so as to form a slidablesupport for the free end of the shelf 20, and thereby eliminating thenecessity for a brace ertending from the closure plate 14 to supportthis free end.

The construction described is primarily intended to support heavycircular articles, such as cheese, which must be preserved and which isordinarily intended to be dispensed in comparatively small quantities atone time. Since articles of this type are usually very heavy, it isdesirable that the manual labor of lifting them into and out of arefrigerator be eliminated as far as possible, and this construction isdesigned to eliminate such labor.

In order to support heavy cylindrical articles of the cheese type on theshelf 20, in position to facilitate the cutting thereof, the shelf 20 isprovided with a circular supporting disk 28 pivotally mounted in anysuitable manner on the shelf 20.

The bracket 21 may be mountd on top of the shelf 20 as shown in Figures1, 4, 5, and 7, and this is a preferable form since all the 40 parts areaccessible through the door opening 3 and above the bottom 19 of theframework of the opening. However, another form of the invention iscontemplated and this form has a shelf 20' connected to the closureplate 14 sufiiciently far above the bottom edge thereof to accommodate aplate 29 secured to the underside of the shelf 20' and provided with aslot 30 adapted to receive slidably the pin 26 of the bracket 27 whichis secured to the inside face of the door 2 near the lower edge thereof.

The 0 eration of the invention will be apparent rom inspection of thedrawings and need not be further described herein.

What I claim is:

In a refrigerator having a frame work providing an opening therethroughto a compartment therein, a door for said opening pivotally mounted onthe outer face of the frame work by hinges mounted on an outer side edgeof the frame, a closure plate pivotally mounted by one edge within thecompartment by hinge means having pivots s aced from but parallel withthose of the 65 oor hinges, a quadrant shaped shelf rigidly The bracket21 and the bracket 27 are pref- VIRGIL P. WARREN.

